December 14th: Vacant Property Walking Tour & Prayer Vigil
Last year, Picture the Homeless conducted a study of 1/3 of City and counted enough underutilized/vacant property to potential house 199,981 people. Right now, including Sandy, we have 90,000+...
View ArticleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Homeless People Lead Vacant Property Walking Tour
Media Advisory: For Immediate Release: December 14, 2012 Harlem Vacant Property Walking Tour and Press ConferencePicture the Homeless and Harlem residents tour vacant properties and hold a press...
View ArticleAll Donations to the Homeless Revolution Will Be Matched, Dollar for Dollar!!
Dear Friends & Members,Exciting news! Thanks to an incredibly generous commitment from a PTH donor, all donations received during the month of January - up to $5,000! - will be matched dollar for...
View ArticleJean Rice has a home.
If you know Picture the Homeless, chances are you know Jean Rice.read more
View ArticlePTH IS HIRING: Housing Campaign Organizer
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Housing Campaign Organizer Term: Full-time with at least a 1-year commitment Salary: Commensurate with...
View ArticlePRAYER VIGIL AND PROTEST: MARCH 13th in HARLEM
En El Barrio, over 8,000 people are waiting for public housing.But vacant buildings and lots could house over 7,000 people.ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR RENT?ARE YOU TRAPPED IN A SHELTER WITH NO...
View ArticleWhy are YOU participating in the Housing Action in the Subways on March 13th?
Eight members of Picture the Homeless talk about why they're going to come to the 3/13/13 housing & homelessness protest... And why you should, too!read more
View ArticleShelters Not So Sweet: A Letter to the Editor of the New York Post
For the last two weeks, the New York Post has been running a bunch of really inflammatory articles about how shifty homeless people are coming to this city for supposedly luxurious free shelter...
View ArticleAnother Response to the Latest New York Post Nonsense about Homeless "Moochers"
COURSE IN RHETORIC by William S. BurnettMember, Board of Directors Picture the Homeless read more
View ArticleMaking Community Land Trusts Happen, Here in New York City
On Friday, April 19th, Picture the Homeless co-convened a citywide Community Land Trust Summit, in partnership with tons of great folks like NEDAP, Hunter College, City College, Manhattan Community...
View ArticleSeptember 18th: The Dedication of the Jean Rice Liberation Reference Library!...
Dear Friends and Allies - Please save the date: Wednesday, September 18th, at 7pm, for the dedication of the Jean Rice Liberation Reference Library!read more
View ArticleWE WON!!! Police Reform Comes to NYC; Homeless Civil Rights Warriors Respond!!
People - we did it. read more
View ArticleHomeless Organizing Academy Graduation - thoughts and pictures!
On Friday, June 28th, our Homeless Organizing Academy held a beautiful and moving graduation ceremony."It meant a lot," said graduating Academy student and PTH member Pedro Cabrera. "All the...
View ArticleWe fight hard, but we party harder.
We did it: we passed both CSA bills with veto-proof majorities! POLICE REFORM HAS FINALLY COME TO NYC. read more
View ArticleGOLIATH IS BLEEDING: Bloomberg finally loses a fight.
Finally, Bloomberg has lost a fight.The passage of the Community Safety Act marks one of the biggest losses Bloomberg has suffered in three ill-gotten terms as Mayor - and it came on the same day as...
View ArticleHomeless People Tell the Federal Government: KEEP YOUR PROMISE!
The federal government is breaking the law. They're sitting on over $380 million that SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON HOUSING.So Picture the Homeless - along with our partners all over the country - are...
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Why are we suing the federal government? Kendall lays it out.
Today, Tuesday July 9th, Picture the Homeless and our partners in Right to the City and the National Low Income Housing Coalition filed a national lawsuit againsread more
View ArticleWe're suing Uncle Sam for HOUSING - here are the photos and press coverage!
The Federal Government is obligated by law to invest money in the National Housing Trust Fund, which should go inro housing for folks hit hard by the financial crisis - as well as folks hit hard by...
View ArticleThe Difference Literacy Made.
Dear Friends and Allies - As you may have seen, on Wednesday, September 18th, at 7pm, we'll be having a dedication and opening party for the Jean Rice Liberation Reference Library! Conceptualized,...
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